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[OldGreyFox]

Continuing my search of trig points, I found an interesting article in the Harrogate Informer…
Apparently and according to Yorkshire water, there are 454 trig points in Yorkshire…
I might restrict my search to all the Yorkshire ones and see how I get on…
Harrogate man visits all 454 trig points in Yorkshire | Harrogate Informer.

Here’s my latest one at ‘Croom Acre’ (in Yorkshire) number 44 and a bitch to stand at the side of…

Amazing views over Hunmanby…

The North Sea in mid right side…With Scarborough away to the left.

[Psmith]

Only another 410 to got then Phew!
What gave you the idea to do it anyway? Had you heard of that Dave chap before?

[Surfermom]

Outstanding; what an expansive view!. It appears you have plenty to keep you entertained out there, but beware of farmers’ wives chasing those legs and farmers with shotguns .

[OldGreyFox]

@Psmith

What gave you the idea to do it anyway? Had you heard of that Dave chap before?

Actually I only read about the Dave chap the other day…And after over forty years of fell and mountain running I have visited more trig points than you have had hot dinners Mr Smith…
Unfortunately all good things come to an end and I am unable to jog to the end of the street now, but I can walk for England, and was trying to think of something I could do with a purpose to once again visit those high remote places and take me nearer to God…Or at least, satisfy the God inside of me…Then it came to me…
Get out the maps and start making plans to visit as many trigs as I can in the time I’ve got left…Only on the sunny days mind…

@Surfermom

beware of farmers’ wives chasing those legs and farmers with shotguns .

It’s funny you should say that Surfermom…I was out running a 15 mile route way out in the country on lanes and tracks and past the odd farm. Because I promised my daughter a day out in Whitby (a good 3 hour drive from home) I had set off running at four in the morning. It was midsummer and just light. As I ran in the zone (a world of my own) I was suddenly aware of a barking collie running out to meet me and the farmer shouting to the dog…“Come back here, I’m supposed to shoot them first” My pace quickened until I realised he was only joking. I didn’t expect to see anyone at that time in the morning, but I suppose farmers are a breed apart…

[Fruitcake]

I understand your want, or need to have a reason to walk somewhere, anywhere, just as long as you can walk. Deciding to visit numerous and varied fixed points serves that need, but also takes you to places you never knew existed.

I’ve restarted my walking regime after two debilitating bouts of double sciatica, arthritis, and (alleged) gout, only on the dreadmill at the moment, and I’m only up to 15 minutes a go at the moment. However, seeing views of the old land where I grew up has made me more determined to get out and walk again the beautiful Land of the Summer Settlers that I have made my home.
Thanks, and keep it up.

[OldGreyFox]

Good post fruitcake and thanks. It’s great to hear that you are making the effort to improve your fitness, it’s a long hard road, especially for blokes like us, but the rewards are many and being out in nature with the sun on your back is the best medicine whatever your ailments.
I can sympathise with you about the gout it’s so painful, thankfully it doesn’t last too long.
I reckon it’s got something to do with our poor circulation allowing uric acid crystals to pool in the feet. Between allopurinol and stopping eating too much fish, I seem to have got mine under control…Touch wood!..

[OldGreyFox]

A favourite walk planned for Thursday as long as the weather forecast remains true to it’s word.
A walk starting at Hornsea, along a sandy beach with some beach combing on the way. Leaving the beach at Mappleton with a small post office come cafe (if it’s still there, been a while since I did this walk) and then a couple of miles of road walking until we reach the Trans Pennine Trail - A 215 mile walk or cycle across the country from Hornsea to Southport.
https://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/
Nothing to do with dressing up in womens clothes… TRANS Pennine Trail?
Unfortunately, on Thursday we will only be taking a five mile route back to Hornsea…

[spitfire]

Foxy, off in the Moho on Friday, all this work has to stop!

[OldGreyFox]

@spitfire

Foxy, off in the Moho on Friday, all this work has to stop!

Good on yer Spitty, if you should be passing Doncaster give me a shout and we shall meet…

[Surfermom]

Outstanding! That looks like a wonderful system. I hope the weather behaves and you have a scenic adventure!

[spitfire]

Been south so far Foxy, lets have a nose up the grim north, we all need a bit of grim

[spitfire]

Had a nose up your way, the closest site had no separation between pitches, bit like being on a car park, will keep on looking!

[OldGreyFox]

@spitfire

Had a nose up your way, the closest site had no separation between pitches, bit like being on a car park, will keep on looking!

How about this Spitty. Sunnyview Touring Park ?

https://www.visitdoncaster.com/stay/camping-and-caravans/sunnyview-touring-park/

Just off the A1 and I can strongly recommend it cos I know the bloke that owns it.
Also it’s just adjacent to a park home site (owned by the same bloke) where my daughter lives…Just a thought…

[OldGreyFox]

Thursday’s walk from Hornsea went ahead as planned in beautiful sunny conditions with just a snatch of cloud cover to make the walk a pleasure rather than an overheated slog.
After an early start from home we arrived in Hornsea around 10:00am.

The time of the high tide is important because the walk along the beach would be impossible, today’s high tide was scheduled for around 2:30pm, so with an incoming tide it was important to crack on and not get caught out.
It looks like we had the place to ourselves…

With all the worlds problems so far away, time to study just who we are in relation to nature.
A quiet moment of thought…

We worry about the planet, but it’s been here billions of years and has done alright thus far. But we have to remember it’s constantly changing…The weather, the Climate, the geography and the coastline. Despite attempts to convince us otherwise, they are natural occurrences and apart from local intervention, we are powerless to prevent them.
Here is an example of coastline erosion. Many homes have been lost to this erosion but thankfully, at Hornsea, they are mainly mobile homes and can be moved.

After three miles of beach walking and beach combing we reach Mappleton and our first stop of the day for refreshment. Nice scones…

A pretty little village with a church spire that can seen from Horsea. Quite ominous if the sight of distance defeats you…

From Mappleton there are three miles of road walking to Little Hatfield. Thankfully not a very busy road. We all made it safely…

Even so…We were happy to reach the Trans Pennine Trail and leave the road…
Time for a quick drink and jam sandwich…

Meet the team…Foxy the guide, Cheryl our friend and neighbour, and the intrepid Mrs Fox…
It rather looks like I’m not carrying anything and making the girls carry my stuff…
I do have a rucksack with me but it’s out of shot…Honest!..

Finally back to Hornsea and the official finish of the Trans Pennine Trail. It goes all the way across England to Southport, but we just did a little bit of it today…

And the scores on my Garmin satellite GPS are:-

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[Mags]

Well done the three of you, that was quite a walk …. I hope you didn’t keep telling the ladies to “keep up!”.

Lovely photos too, it looks an interesting route and worth a cool paddle for you all at the end!

[Surfermom]

What a pleasure to see your pictures, OGF! It looks like you took the teenagers out again and I admire them for being so intrepid. What a lovely area! I love the wide expanse of beach and pretty church. I agree with you that the scale of geological change certainly gives us pause for the magnificence of it and the realization of how short our lives are. What good fortune to have it to yourselves!

That beach just begs for running with those wide, flat conditions. Where are my running shoes?

Continued happy trails, OGF

[Psmith]

Good British legs.Aussie ones are so skinny.It’s a fact.

[DianneWoollie]

Really was a great read that and look forward to the next day out of yours…

[Fruitcake]

I always enjoyed trips to the coast when I lived oop norf. We “did” Hornsea many decades ago when the kids were still quite young, including the pottery, of course. I seem to recall there was a Seal Sanctuary near there as well.

I love old churches, and country lanes, and wide open deserted beaches, and you had the lot in abundance.

Well done, and thanks for showing us the country of my yoof.

Any chance of a Trig point or three whilst you are in the area?

I recently came across an OS marker set in a track on top of a ridge, but had gone way past it on a guided walk with my local History Society before someone mentioned what it was, and I failed to get a piccy. It looked like the top of a tree-stump a fraction above ground level with something carved in it, which is why I thought nought of it at the time. Now I realise it may have been a cast iron marker and the markings must have some OS Grid significance.
I think they may be called Benchmarks. Have you come across any of them before?

[OldGreyFox]

Thanks everyone for you kind remarks…Much appreciated…
@Fruitcake well spotted…
Yes it was most likely an Ordnance Survey Benchmark. Between them, pillars and making use of church spires and obelisks etc, there amounts to over 13,000 throughout the British Isles.
When I chose to ‘bag’ trigpoint’s I had to keep it realistic and select those I might have fighting chance of visiting. At 74 years old with a creaking heart I might not have all that much time left…
So I decided to just bag the pillars, and that narrows it down to just 6,000…
Still a helluva lot…
Primarily, I think I’ll just stick to Yorkshire ones where there are about 454, but I have already bagged a couple in Wales, so If I’m on holiday anywhere I might just see what the local terrain has to offer…

Thanks for mentioning it Fruitcake and keep yer eyes peeled in future.
I’ve ear marked a couple of other coastal walks for the team to get there teeth into, so I’ll keep the photos coming…
Hope you and the missus are doing well and keeping healthy…